Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has criticized the current Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu. Amaechi alleged that if Yakubu had been in charge in 2015, the All Progressives Congress (APC) would neither have been registered nor won the general elections that year.
Speaking on Arise TV on Tuesday night, Amaechi commended former INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, for ensuring a transparent electoral process that facilitated the APC’s registration and its subsequent victory in 2015.
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He said, “The current chairman of INEC, if he was the chairman of INEC in 2015, we would not have won. That’s an important point. May God bless (Attahiru) Jega. Because the ground rules were clear. The current chairman of INEC can only be compared to Iwu.
“When we were to register APC, Jega opened the door and we complied with the registration requirements. He got APC registered. The current man, if you comply with all these, he would not register you.”
Amaechi further alleged that INEC, under Yakubu’s leadership, is already exhibiting signs of bias.
“Already, INEC is biased. So, the only thing I can tell you now is that, looking at the way Nigeria has run the election, even the Option A4 led us forward. At least a lot of transparency. You were sure of what was going on. Then we came back to meet people like Iwu and others and the current one and things got worse.
“So, you don’t know whether to say we are progressing or we are regressing. There’s a state capture using the electoral institution as a machine.”
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